These videos cover the Mechanics Curriculum for AP Physics C
which is the calculus-based physics or introductory college physics.

At the end of most of the units you will find a set of 3 or 4 review videos for that unit. In these review videos I ask a series of quick questions each of which are followed by the correct response. Once you hear the question pause the video and try to answer it on your own before you hear my answer.

video A3:Vector Basics (part 2). Some basics of the relationship between velocity and acceleration vectors.

video A4:Projectile Motion Basics. Just the basics of projectile motion.

video B1:The Big Picture. This video develops a concept map that links the various topics covered in mechanics. It is just an overview of the material that will be covered in mechanics. Each of these topics will be covered in much more detail later.

video B2:The Big Picture part 2. More summarizing of the big picture linking kinematics, newton's laws, energy, and power. Again, more detail for each topic will be covered at a later time.

video B3:The Gravitational Force. This video gives a few different viewpoints of the gravitational force and described by Newton's Law of Universal Gravity.

video B4:Gravitational Potential Energy. This video gives a few different viewpoints of gravitational potential energy. More information on gravitational potential energy will be given in units D and G.

video B5: Gravitational Forces and Energies. This video shows how the universal equations for gravitational force and energy transition into their more simple forms when you are near the earth's surface.

video B6:Review Video for Unit B (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit B. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own. (There are some questions on static and kinetic friction that you might find helpful.)

video C9: Review of Unit C. Newton's Laws (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit C. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.

video D9:Work Done By a Conservative Forces. This video details how the work done by a conservative force, such as the gravitational force, will equal the negative change in the system's potential energy.

video D10:Unit D Review (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit D. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.

video E4: Collisions in 2 Dimenstions. This video details the physics that occurs when the collision is not "head-on" but rather "off-center" so that the two objects travel off of their original straight-line paths.

video E5: Ballistic Pendulum Problems. This video details the physics of a ballistic pendulum problem. An example of a ballistic pendulum problem would be a block hanging from a string getting hit by a bullet so that the bullet-block system swings up to a particular height before it swings back down to its original position.

video E6: Unit E Review (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit E on Momentum and Impulse. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.

video F4: Torque and the Cross-Product (or Vector Product): This video explains a little bit about torque and the cross-product or vector product of two vectors. So this is the second way that two vector quantities can be multiplied together.

video F7: Static Equilibrium Problems. This is a video that explains the necessary conditions for keeping a structure in static equilibrium. Static equilibrium occurs when a system has no linear acceleration and no angular acceleration.

video F9: Rotational Inertia or Moment of Inertia. This video introduces the concept of rotational inertia (or rotational sluggishness or moment of inertia)

video F10: The Parallel-Axis Theorem. If you know a system's rotational inertial about an axis that passes through its center of mass, then you can find the rotational inertial about a second axis that is parallel to the original axis by using the parallel-axis theorem.

video F11: Rotational Dynamics (Newton's Second Law in Rotational Motion)

video F18: Unit F Review (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit F on Rotational Motion. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.

video G8: Review for Unit G (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit G on Planetary or Satellite Motion. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.

video H1: The Kinematics of Harmonic Motion (part 1): An Introduction into Harmonic Motion. This video compares the motion of an object travelling in uniform circular motion to an object travelling in simple harmonic motion. Kinematics is the study of DESCRIBING motion. Dynamics is the study of the CAUSES of motion.

video H6: Harmonic Oscillator with a Crate on Top of a Crate. This video details the physics of a crate that is attached to a spring with another create sitting on top of the first one. The net force on the top crate is supplied only by the force of friction.

video H7: Springs in Series and Parallel. This video explains how to find the equivalent spring constants of either set of springs that are connected in parallel and or connected in series.

video H8: The Period of a Simple Pendulum. This video describes the derivation for the period of a simple pendulum.

video H9: The Period of a Physical Pendulum. This video describes the derivation for the period of a physical pendulum.

video H10: The Period of a Physical Pendulum (part 2). This video shows how to apply the equation derived in video H9.

video H11: The Equivalence of a Vertical Mass on a Spring to a Horizontal Mass on a Spring. This video attempts to explain why the physics of a mass attached to a horizontal spring has many similarites to the physics of a mass attached to a vertical spring.

video H12: Review of Unit H (part 1). This video is a review of the concepts covered in unit H on Harmonic Motion. Try pausing the video after each question to see if you can answer the question on your own.